Thursday, February 29, 2024

Beyond Our Understanding

The Lotus Sutra especially puts emphasis on Dharma Nature instead of on the Dharma Body because the Dharma Body is inexplicable. You cannot talk about the Dharma Body because it is something beyond our world, beyond our wisdom, beyond our understanding. That is why we say the Dharma Body—body does not talk. My mouth talks, but my body doesn’t talk.

cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.

Painting by Michael Sawyer